What is npm shrinkwrap and why you should start using it right now?

I've recently talked to people who are mostly PHP developers and want to try Node.js. For installing and managing dependencies, they use Composer. Composer creates 2 files, composer.json and composer.lock. Composer.json file is similar to package.json in Node.js but what's composer.lock? Here comes npm shrinkwrap. NPM shrinkwrap lets you lock down the ver­sions of installed pack­ages and their descen­dant pack­ages. It helps you use same package versions on all environments (development, staging, production) and also

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Welcome to my new blog

Hi! Welcome to my redesigned blog! I've gained big experience in software and web development in the past couple years and I am starting to share my thoughts and ideas with the world. I hope that you will find something interested here. I will give my best to write at least one article per week. It will usually be something about JavaScript and it's ecosystem, but I also like to write about pretty code, my ideas, and best practice recommendations. If you like my articles, please

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